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** Is There Any Hope for South Africa? ([link removed])
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by Nils A. Haug • October 7, 2025 at 5:00 am
* South Africa has regressed into an ideologically-driven socialist-communist abyss of poverty, crime, corruption and systemic dysfunction at all levels: local, state and national – all in 30 years since the end of Apartheid.
* Once the leading economic power in all of Africa, South Africa is now regarded as the most corrupt country on the continent. It resembles a typical "banana republic" in some ways -- little different from other failed or collapsing states in the region, particularly its northern neighbour of Zimbabwe -- a Marxist dictatorial hellhole.
* The result of draconian labour laws is that the official unemployment rate exceeds 33% (more than 8 million potential workers), while the rate for unemployed younger workers exceeds 60%. These figures consistently rate among the world's highest and confirm for millions that they have little or no future prospects in their country of birth.
* As the deindustrialisation of Africa's most industrialised country accelerates, the unemployment rate will increase accordingly and even more people, to survive, will become reliant on government grants. The centralized ANC state then has citizens exactly where they want them – under their control and dependent upon the government for daily living. In this way future votes are secured, leading to the perpetuation of the ANC -- a typical seditious device to remain in power indefinitely, like other nations in Africa.
* Even the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a radical far-leftist political party – that of "Kill the farmer, kill the Boer" fame – lament this economic catastrophe: "What we are witnessing is the destruction of the little industry South Africa has left, a collapse that will hollow out communities and deepen mass unemployment... The government cannot continue to wash its hands while South Africa's industrial backbone is dismantled."
* The irony of their complaint is seemingly lost on the EFF: it was their policies that significantly contributed to the economic demise and deindustrialisation of the country. The party's leader, Julius Malema, calls for supporters to "cut the throat of whiteness" and "shoot the Boer," while advocating land-grabs without compensation, particularly of white-owned farmland.
* The ANC's statement of intent sadly reveals that they will not waver from their ideological stance despite threat of sanctions and punitive US trade tariffs. The spokesman for the Institute of Race Relations, John Endres, commented about the ANC: "The party misses no opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to the National Democratic Revolution, a programme designed to turn South Africa first into a socialist and then into a communist state."
* "Instead of renewal, [the ANC] has chosen entrenchment. Instead of pragmatism, dogma. Instead of growth, redistribution without production. Instead of survival, an overdose of toxic ideology." – Hermann Pretorius, political commentator, September 7, 2025.
* The ANC is reportedly trying to forge a "deal" with Trump, to enlist deeper US involvement in South Africa. Its future should be of serious concern to its citizens and the West.

Once the leading economic power in all of Africa, South Africa is now regarded as the most corrupt country on the continent. It resembles a typical "banana republic" in some ways -- little different from other failed or collapsing states in the region, particularly its northern neighbour of Zimbabwe -- a Marxist dictatorial hellhole. Pictured: US President Donald Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Located at the tip of southern Africa and at a strategic junction of trade routes, South Africa has regressed into an ideologically-driven socialist-communist abyss of poverty, crime, corruption and systemic dysfunction at all levels: local, state and national – all in 30 years since the end of Apartheid.

Once the leading economic power in all of Africa, South Africa is now regarded as the most corrupt country on the continent. It resembles a typical "banana republic" in some ways -- little different from other failed or collapsing states in the region, particularly its northern neighbour of Zimbabwe -- a Marxist dictatorial hellhole.

An independent body, the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, "ten years ago rated South Africa's infrastructure as C, and now it has deteriorated to a D rating. On its current path, the country is heading towards an E, meaning unfit for purpose."

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